[ANTIQUE MAPS - ASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA] MITCHELL JR., S. AUGUSTUS

Map of Asia Showing its Gt. Political Divisions and also the Various Routes of Travel Between London & India, China & Japan &c.
[with] Map of Persia, Arabia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan.

Pennsylvania. 1879. Stock ID #221209

Lithographed maps on two sides of a single leaf with original hand-colouring, 27 x 34 cms (map size) 31.1 x 37.1 cms (sheet) with a finely-engraved foliated border, margins age-toned, one margin tide-marked at the edge (not affecting the maps), a handsome pair of maps in very good condition.

A most attractive pair of late 19th Century maps on two sides of a single leaf: Asia as a whole (polar projection), with Europe and parts of Africa and New Guinea. Scale 1:1000 miles. It includes steamship routes and mileages from London to destinations in Asia: Zhoushan (Chusan) Island, Hong Kong, Manilla, Sarawak, Bombay etc., along with political and geographical details; and on the verso the map covers the regions of Persia (Iran), Arabia (including parts of the Arabian Peninsula), Turkey in Asia (Anatolia), Afghanistan, and Beloochistan (parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan), and marks key settlements, rivers, and geographic features.

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